overcome
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
overcome/əʊvəˈkʌm/
▶verb (past overcame; past part. overcome) succeed in dealing with (a problem).
■ defeat.
■ (of an emotion) overwhelm (someone).
'overcome' also found in these Oxford entries:
apoplectic
- beat
- best
- better
- carry
- conquer
- dispose
- dry
- dynamic viscosity
- evict
- fight
- get
- great divide
- impregnable
- insuperable
- insurmountable
- invincible
- lick
- load
- low-hanging fruit
- master
- meat
- mind
- nut
- obstinate
- outmanoeuvre
- overbear
- overcame
- overmaster
- problem
- prostrate
- pushover
- resourceful
- self-discipline
- six
- subdue
- superable
- surmount
- swoon
- unbreachable
- unsurmountable
- vincible
- wear
